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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 21, 2022 11:34:38 GMT -7
I am slowly putting my one drive account back in order after the hack... Thought I would share this...the Comet 4C   |
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 21, 2022 11:47:25 GMT -7
I love using photoshop, I also have GIMP, but it isn't quite as easy to use...
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Post by trynda1701 on Mar 21, 2022 11:55:22 GMT -7
Glad to hear you're getting the account sorted out, cowboy40 . Looking forward to seeing more.  |
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 25, 2022 23:57:48 GMT -7
Two of my favorite sky buses....  Douglas DC-10 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 14:36:50 GMT -7
I worked on the DC-10's for a while. Doing anything on the No. 2 engine was ... interesting.
It was also just a weird plane. The oil pressure sensor on the No. 3 engine was linked to the cabin speakers. It had a "thrust recovery valve" in the side of the forward baggage bay. There are air ducts running from the No. 2 engine to just behind and below the cockpit (and they always leaked). Everything was cable driven, even the flaps. There were little, sprin-loaded panels along the cabin floor that would open if the baggage bay depressurized. The No. 1 and No. 3 engines seemed to wander around a lot during take-off due to the long pylons too.
Just a weird plane. But I actually liked working on them. Nothing was complicated, but everything was greasy. I always thought they were a good looking beast.
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 26, 2022 21:15:23 GMT -7
I worked on the DC-10's for a while. Doing anything on the No. 2 engine was ... interesting. It was also just a weird plane. The oil pressure sensor on the No. 3 engine was linked to the cabin speakers. It had a "thrust recovery valve" in the side of the forward baggage bay. There are air ducts running from the No. 2 engine to just behind and below the cockpit (and they always leaked). Everything was cable driven, even the flaps. There were little, sprin-loaded panels along the cabin floor that would open if the baggage bay depressurized. The No. 1 and No. 3 engines seemed to wander around a lot during take-off due to the long pylons too. Just a weird plane. But I actually liked working on them. Nothing was complicated, but everything was greasy. I always thought they were a good looking beast. They were rugged airplanes...they were designed to operate from fields that had runways that were actually only 6,000 ft long...they were wide-body jets that had an attitude to them. Pilots either loved or hated them. though near the end of service life, they were becoming nightmares to maintain. Though again, most aircraft designs hit that age, they become problem children. I loved watching them climb out of Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) in Oklahoma City. They climbed like an eagle and screamed like a Banshee on a power climb. Damn they were fun airplanes to watch... |
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 26, 2022 21:23:54 GMT -7
Hell, I just noticed I dropped this thread off in the wrong room....
sorry about that, it should have been down below in the the Real life section...lol
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 26, 2022 23:26:10 GMT -7
The plane that started the category, in US aviation, of the wide-body medium to long haul types...  Lockheed L-1011 "TriStar"This plane even started the trend in "modern" Flight Management Systems. It also had one of the best safety records in the airline business during its time in the air. This machine was truly revolutionary and continued to push the rivalry between Lockheed and Douglas for the capture of orders by the airlines that heated up after World War II. |
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Post by cowboy40 on Mar 28, 2022 14:02:49 GMT -7
Boeing came to the party late in the short to medium haul routes with a wide-body jet...While Lockheed and Douglas hit the field running running in the early 70s, Boeing didn't get the Boeing 767-200 series into airline service until the early 1980s.  Boeing 767-200 series |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2022 16:01:41 GMT -7
I worked on 767's as well. Like a Cadillac. Really nice plane to work on (and fly in). Oddly transitional as well. Kind of a stepping stone from analogue to digital.
I also worked on ...
727
737-200, -300, and -500 (iirc)
747-200 and -400
757
777 (gotta love a plane that comes with a laptop built on)
DC-10-10, and -30
A320 and A319
As an electrician, I prefer the A320/A319.
As a mechanic I preferred the 747. The 777 was almost too easy.
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